Chapter 222 Lacking the calf (1)(2/2)
"What a poor little girl."
Orion, who had already figured out Qu Jing's tragic identity, did not hesitate any longer. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Qu Jing's wrist. He ignored Qu Jing's struggle and resistance and took her down the mountain.
"Girl, there are tigers and black bears in this mountain. Last year, tigers came down the mountain and killed several people. It's too dangerous for you, a little kid, to stay in the mountain. Go down the mountain with grandpa first. Grandpa will help you find your home."
Orion is undoubtedly a man of action. He took Qu Jing down the mountain when he said he wanted to. He didn't want the rabbits in the basket on his back nearby, and he didn't want the basket on his back either. He pulled Qu Jing and walked down the mountain.
Qu Jing tried to slip away, but to no avail. In the end, she could only follow Orion down the mountain with a look of death on her face, as if she was not going down the mountain but to the execution ground.
Orion led Qu Jing to the village at the foot of the mountain. At noon, there were many people in the village. When they saw Orion holding a little girl, they all said hello and asked whose family the doll was. Why did she look like someone who had fled.
The hunter simply said that he had picked it up on the mountain and went straight to the village chief's house.
At the village chief's house, the village elder's wife took Qu Jing into the room, filled a basin of water for Qu Jing to wash her face and hands, and helped her wash her hair. Qu Jing originally wanted to resist, but the village elder's wife handed her a small
I gave her hard-boiled eggs and half of corn.
Qu Jing stopped resisting.
What's the point of resisting when you have eggs and corn? These things are much more delicious than fruits and raw fish.
Qu Jing had a look on her face that she would recognize even if it was a rice meal for her head. She puffed out her cheeks and gnawed the corn crazily.
The village elder's wife looked at Qu Jing and couldn't laugh or cry. She was afraid that she would choke, so she handed her a glass of water and took the remaining corn from Qu Jing's hand.
Under Qu Jing's unbelievable look, which read "You won't even let me finish the meal," the village elder's wife smiled and said, "Lower your head and wash your hair first. There are sweet potatoes in the kitchen. After washing your hair, we'll eat sweet potatoes."
Qu Jing bowed his head obediently.
Outside the house, the village chief listened with shock to Orion's story about how he picked up Qu Jing: "You just picked up a girl on the mountain?"
“You’ve been raised so big and someone still throws it away?”
"Any family or village that has no conscience throws away such a big baby, and even throws it into the mountains."
After saying that, the village chief frowned again: "But I haven't heard of any family in the nearest village that has a girl who can't speak. This girl can't talk. How can I find out who threw it?"
Orion said that he was not the village chief and did not know.
The village chief continued to frown: "Logically speaking, if you have raised it to such a big size, you won't throw it away unless you really can't open the pot, or if you throw it into the mountains, you won't be able to survive at all."
"I heard that Deaf Chen in the next village had a fever and became deaf when she was a child. This girl was probably the same. She became mute due to illness, so her family threw her away."
"If that's the case, it would be difficult. It might not have been thrown away by a nearby village, so we can't find it."
Orion listened quietly.
"A ten-year-old girl can be married off in exchange for a dowry after a few years of raising her. If she can work and is mute, it won't affect her marriage. I don't know if I can find someone willing to raise her in this village. It's not a loss if she just feeds her.
"
Orion frowned when he heard this.
The village chief continued to ramble: "I'm afraid that besides being mute, she has other illnesses. Otherwise, she just can't speak. Why would such a big girl be left in the mountains?"
"I picked up the baby girl, no one raised me to raise it," Orion said.
The village chief nodded: "You can afford it. You can feed one person and the whole family will not be hungry. But you have never raised a female doll before, will you raise one? Why didn't you send it to me the first time you picked it up?"
"If you want to hold a child to support you in your old age, you can also hold a boy. A girl cannot be relied upon."
Orion:……
"I'll leave it to your family for two days, and I'll bring the food later." The hunter dropped these words and walked away angrily.
The village elder's wife heard the noise in the room and reluctantly opened the door.
"You persuade Lao Qu to adopt a child. There is an old man who has been doing filial piety for so many years, but he has never heard of you. Finally, he picked up a girl in the mountains and was destined to be with him. If you inspire him so much, he can raise him.
?”
The village chief smiled meaningfully: "The food will be sent later, do you think we can feed it?"
"I'll let the eldest and the second eldest brother go to each house later to ventilate the baby. It's because the conditions are difficult and we can't afford to feed him. You go find the old clothes Shen Sanni wore before and put the baby into it. Later, let Lao Qu send more food."
"Sanni and Erni have all the clothes they had before, leaving it to Lao Qu to exchange for food."
Village elder's wife:......
Qin Huai:......
Qin Huai glanced at the room.
Qu Jing's hair was still wet, water dripped down from the ends of her hair, and her clothes were already soaked, but she didn't care.
Because Qu Jing is taking the time to eat corn.
Qin Huai didn't know for a moment whether he should say 6 to the village chief or 6 to Qu Jing.
All in all, they are all 6.
Even if he is a grass and tree monster, Qu Jing should be the kind who is miserable.
Chapter completed!